Can you drink alcohol while pregnant

Can you drink alcohol while you are pregnant?

http://www.fade.org.nz/alcohol-and-drug-info/general.php

Alcohol is particularly dangerous as even a single heavy drinking session creates the potential for damage to the developing foetus. This is particularly true in the early stages of pregnancy (when the woman may not even know she is pregnan…

What happens when you drink alcohol while pregnant?

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When you drink, the alcohol quickly travels through your bloodstream to your baby. Your baby may end up with higher levels of blood alcohol than you have. Drinking endangers your growing baby in a number of ways: It increases the risk of mi…

Is it safe to drink alcohol while I am pregnant?

http://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/pregnancy&babies/FASpregnancy.htm

When a woman drinks alcohol while she is pregnant, the alcohol goes to the baby through her bloodstream. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a serious condition that can affect a child through…

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Can you drink Alcohol while your pregnant?

Q: Like…… Beer……….. wine…… or any type of alcohol?

A: Absolutely not.

Can you drink alcohol while taking high blood pressure medicine?

Q: I am on Nifedical XL (generic for Procardia XL) and haven’t drank since May because I was pregnant… and then I got high blood pressure while pregnant and it didn’t go down after having my baby boy.. Doc never told me if I could drink or not… Anyone else been told by a doc?

A: Taken directly from Drug Facts and Comparisons: Use alcohol cautiously. Alcohol may further lower blood pressure and increase drowsiness or dizziness while taking nifedipine.

Can drinking alcohol while pregnant cause an abortion ?

Q: My girlfriend and i had sex a few weeks ago. then she tells me that she’s pregnant, but she doesn’t want to go through with it, but her mom wont let her get an abortion, so she said she’s going to do one her self. she tells me she’s gonna drink hard and smoke in order to get rid of it. i dont agree and i told her that but she still wants to do it. if she want an abortion thats fine, i dont really agree with abortions but thats up to her, but i just dont want her to get rid of it like that because i’m afraid the baby might still be born but wit metal problems. do you think wats she’s doing might work and is it a good idea ?

A: I think that if she drinks and smokes heavily she is more likely to have a very unhealthy child than to lose the baby. Tell her that no matter what her mother says, it is her body and her decision.